Means for lubricating flanges of car-wheels.



l To all rwhom itmdy concern?" i .-NoLD, citizen of the Np. genica.vp

` r'nnnnnrcir REGENOLD, or MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE,

, MEiaNsfronf nbnnrcnrme' Frances 0F enit-WHEELS.

Be a known una y1,1' mamaria Rees- United States, residing at Memphis,in the county* ofiShelby `an new andv usefull Im Lubricating the"Fangesv of iCar-Wheels,of

p which the following is a speciication. l

aI novel mechanism' for lubricating the flanges of car wheels, therebyyobviatiiig the necessity for employing-a special attendant to greasethe trackrails at the curves. A

The invention contemplates a lubricatin device ofthis characterembodying a novell construction for preventing exce'sslve appli- .thedistributing plpe.

zontal sectional View on the 2. Fig. 4 is a top plan view preferably`derived cation and waste of th` oi or lubricant and also for positivelyfee ing the lubricantto For a full description of the invention and themerlts thereof and valso to facquire a yknowledge of thedetailsl ofconstruction and the means for effecting the result, reference is to behadto the following description vand -accompanying drawings, Iin whichiFigure lis an end view ofa portion of acar having .the lubricatingldevice. applied thereto. Fig. 2 is `an enlarged sectional view bn thelline 2-ZfzofFigf1l y line 3 3 of Fig. of the 'indicator plateandpointer co era-ting therewith'.

Corresponding an l like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of thefdrawings 'by the samereference characters. :i '5 l According to fthe' present invention theoil or lubricant is rst fed into a. chamberfrom a tank or reservoirmounted uponlthe carin any convenient position, .and is subsequentlydischarged from this chamber into the distributing pipe, means beingrovided for throwing the chamber alternate y into communication with thetank and distributing pipe, the capacity@4 of the chamber. limiting theamount of lubricant used at any single operation. It is also designed-to utilize compressed air to force the oil or lubricant positivelythrough the distributlng pipe fromelhe chamber and this compressed airis from the air brake mechamsm. f

In the embodiment of the invention illustrated on the drawing, thenumeral 1 designates the valve casing which may be 'l mounted upon thecarin any in the casing 1 is State. `of Tennessee, haveinv'ented certainpers roveinentsin Means'for" y ollow formation.

yfrom the vlower end Y i threaded stem 3 receiving a4 nut 4 which' TheYpresent invention "hasffor' its lobj ect the provision of Patented Mayii'gi-aog. Y

suitable positionprefera'bly just below the front-plat- .form of thecar.

'a valve, lug 2 whichtatoward the Ilower end t ereof and has aProjecting downwardly of the, valve plug' is a serves to retain the plugin position within the valve casing andprevent accidental displacementthereof. An angular stud 5 is provided at the upper end of the plug 2and isrreceived within a socket at the lower extremityof an operatingrod 6, the said o erating rod extending upwardly throu ll the platformof the car and through an in icator plate 7 secured tothe car. Appliedto the upper extremity of the rod 'is a pointer 8 w ch co crates withsuitable characters upon the p ate 7 to indicate the position of thevalve plug. Casin l is provided upon opposite sides with latera outletVOpenings receiving the discharge pipes 9. A piece of rubber hose or asimilar flexible pipe communicates Witheach of the discharge pipes 9 andthese flexible pipes serve to convey the oilor lubricant to the fiangesofthe wheels upon opposite sides -of the car. Fig. 3 is a hori- 'i Inthe preferred embodiment y thel invention the o1l is discharged by'meansof ythe pi es Rotatably mountedl withi The lower portlon of the v ortubes 10 upon one side of brushes 11 lwhich 4 engage the Iwheel flanges.upper portion oi the casing 1 1s a feed p1pe12 which 1s designed toconvey the o1l to the 1nterior of the plug 2 ,from an oil tank orreservoir'rnou'nted upon the car iny any suitable position'. upperportion oi' the valve casing and is in communication with the air brakemechanism or -other source of supply `of compressed air.

Lateral openings 14:al and 14" are formed in the lower portion of thevalve plug 2 and are designed p. to establish communication between thechamber within the valve plug and the dischargepipes 9 leading to thewheels upon opposite sides of 'the car. In a similar manner 1t will beobserved that the up er portion of the plug 2is formed with the ateralopening "15V designed to establlsh communication I"between the chamberof the valve and the feed pipe 12, and also with the lateral openings16aand 16h either one of which may establish communication betweentheplug andthe air supply pipe 13. These yvarious openings are soarranged with refer- Leadingjto lthe A second pipe 13 also leads to theence to each other thatv vvhen the pointer S copera tes with theindicator plate 7 to shov' that the valve is closed, the lateral openingl5 is in communication with the `supply pipe 12 and the remainingopenings are closed. The oil or lubricant then tloyvs into the chamberor plug '2 until the same has been filled. Upon turning the pointer S inone direction to open the valve, the openings 11W and 16a Will be causedto communicate respectively with one of the discharge pipes-9 and theair supply pipe 13, and at the same time communication with the feedpipe 12 vwill be closed. `The air entering the reservoir of the plugwill then serve to force the lubricant positively through the dischargepipe, but the amount of lubricant used will be limited to that retainedwithin the chamber of the Valve, since the flow of oil from the tank isshut oi when the valve is opened. In a similar manner by turning thepointer 8 in the opposite direction to open the valve the openings 14hand 1Gb uill be thrown into communication with the opposite dischargepipe 9 and the air supply pipe 13 respectively and the ange of the Wheelupon the opposite side of the car will be lubricated.

With this construction itivill bereadily apparent that lubricant can besupplied to the flanges of the Wheels upon 'either side of the car asmay be required, and that excessive application of the lubricant isprevented 'since the quantity of oil Whichcan be discharged at a singleoperation is limited bv the capacity of the chamberwvithin the valveplug.

More specifically describing the indicator plate 7- it Will be observedthat the same is provided upon its upper face 'with a segmental rib 17having the three notcheslS formed therein any one of vvhichfis'designedto receive the pointer 8 for the purpose of locking the operating rod 6against accidental rotation. When the pointer is in the middle notch 18the valve is closed, While by lifting the pointer from the said notchand moving it into engagement with either of the end notches the valvecan be opened to discharge lubricant through either of the pipes 9.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. In a lubricating device ofthe character described, the combination ofa casin an air supply pipe leading to the casing, a p urality ofdistributing pipes communicating with the casing, a hollow plug valverotatably mounted within the casing, the said plug valve being formedwith one set of openings designed to establish communication with anyselected one of the distributing pipes by suitably turning the plugvalve and also vvith a second set of openings for simultaneouslyestablishing communication with the air supply pi Je, and means forfilling the hollow plug valve with lubricant when it is turned to shutofl communication with the air supply pipe and distributing pipes.

2. In a lubricating device of the character described, the combinationof a casing, a feed )ipe leading to the casing, an air supply pipeleading to the casing, a plurality of dlstributing pipes leading fromthe casing, and a hollovv plug valve rotatably mounted Within thecasing, the said plug valve being formed with one set of openingsdesigned to establish communication with any selected one of thedistributing pipes when the valve is suitably rotated, and with a secondset of openings for simultaneously establishing communication .vith theair supply pipe, an opening being also provided for establishingcommunication with the feed pipe when the valve is rotated to shut oit1communication with the air supply pipe and distributing pipes.'

In a lubricating device of the character described, the combination of acasing, a hollovv plug valve rotatably mounted Within the. casing andprovided with an angular stud, a feed ipe leading to 1the valve, adistributing pipe eading from the valve, an operating rod provided witha socket for receiving the angular stud and constituting a means forturning the plug to throvv the interior thereof` into communication witheither the fecd pipe or the distributing pipe, an indicator plate, and apointer carried by the operating rod and cooperating with the indicatorplate to show the position of the valve.

In testimony whereof I a" my signature in presence of two Witness@iFREDERICK lv IENOLD.

Witnesses:

GEO. W. GRAVES, J. D. ALLEN

